Neurological Disorders

After reading this: https://rdcu.be/cqY8Y .. we decided to try for ourselves. It does work! Who uses ultrasound to guide lumbar puncture as well? Do you prefer to access out-of-plane or in-plane? Did you run into any unexpected difficulties? Have you identified any helpful landmarks?

We are doing. QI project regarding parental holding while being cooled. Do you allow and if so do you have a holding protocol?

Hello Everyone, A shout out to any Units that utilise a Neuro Care Bundle for your extreme premmies and/or HIE. Would you be kind enough to share or send me a PM on your approach please? Many thanks Alistair

Hi, I would like to learn more about hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), can you recommend your favorite articles in the topic? I can totally read some reviews, or also original research papers if you think they are well written and relevant animal studies can also be interesting! Thanks!

Does anybody use Indometacina for preventing HIV in extrem preterm? Thanks a lot

What is your practice in the management of post hemorrhagic hydrocephalus ? When do you intervene, once VIs ( ventricular indices) are above 97th + 4mm centile or only above 97th centile? Do you measure anterior horn width along with VI?

Dear Colleagues! Just a brief question if anyone (more than me) has met a baby with concomitant Mb Down and Prader Willi syndrome? This baby born at GW 30+1, initially severly sick with chylothorax which eventually resolved. Now at about 1 month corrected age with low flow O2, can´t really get off diuretics, feeding only by NG tube, hypotonia, normal heart. Just got the result about PW today and was curious about any other similar child "out there"? Regards Pontus

Hi everyone. What are the possible options for providing therapeutic hypothermia to newborns with moderate-to-severe hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy? Any idea from other centres with no standard cooling devices?

Which sedatives analgesia and paralysing agents are used in NICU and the incidence of critical care neuropathy especially with longterm use in NICU?

Hi Everyone, Is anyone from the forum able to throw some light on the possible rationale for a CFM trace that when the infant displayed subtle electrical seizure activity on the raw eeg the baseline dropped instead of displaying the classical uptick in the baseline? I have never encountered this phenomenon before. (all the probes were in the correct position and correctly connected to the monitor) Thanks, stay safe Kind regards Al